Zimbabwean Exemption Permits

2022 - 6 - 16

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Zimbabwean Exemption Permit: 'Attempts to intimidate and harass ... (News24)

The executive director of the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) say they have received "alarming" threatening responses to the announcement that the foundation ...

Those with a permit have a 12-month grace period to either apply for another type of permit or leave the country. And I don’t mean if you were born in Canada. June 16, 2022 It is what our constitutional order demands." The ZEP, which ended on 31 December 2021, will not be extended. HSF said in a statement that: "It is not the position of HSF that those migrants who are in South Africa unlawfully should be entitled to remain, nor even that the ZEP must continue in perpetuity. The executive director of the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) says they have received "alarming" threatening responses to the announcement that the foundation is challenging Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).

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HSF heads to court over govt move to cancel Zim Exemption Permits (702)

Speaking to Clement Manyathela, senior legal researcher at the Helen Suzman Foundation, Christopher Fisher, says 12 months is not enough and there were no ...

Read More Read More The minister just simply announced this prejudicial decision without any meaningful consultation with the ZEP holders, without any meaningful consultation with civil society organisations.Christopher Fisher, Senior Legal Researcher - Helen Suzman Foundation

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Zimbabwe Exemption Permits Termination To Be Challenged In Court (pindula.co.zw)

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has launched legal action to challenge South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to terminate the ...

They will be put to a desperate choice: to remain in South Africa as undocumented migrants with all the vulnerability that attaches to such status or return to a Zimbabwe that, to all intents and purposes, is unchanged from the country they fled. Said the foundation: It is what our constitutional order demands.

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Terminating Zim permit could put thousands at risk - Helen Suzman ... (Eyewitness News)

The Helen Suzman Foundation says Cabinet's decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) could make thousands of Zimbabweans become illegal in ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Helen Suzman Foundation says Cabinet’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) could make thousands of Zimbabweans become illegal in this country. The Helen Suzman Foundation says Cabinet’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) could make thousands of Zimbabweans become illegal in this country. Terminating Zim permit could put thousands at risk - Helen Suzman Foundation

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Zim Exemption Permits termination to be challenged in court (eNCA)

The Helen Suzman Foundation is challenging the termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit in court.

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Helen Suzman Foundation in court bid to challenge decision to ... (KossyDerrickEnt)

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) launched legal action to challenge Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption ...

"There are thousands of children, who have been born in South Africa to ZEP holders during this time, who have never even visited their parents' country of origin." It is what our constitutional order demands." In November 2021, Cabinet made the decision not to renew the ZEP. "At present, ZEP holders must have obtained other forms of residency authorisation — in the vast majority of cases, an almost impossible requirement — by 31 December 2022 or leave South Africa.

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Zimbabwe Exemption Permit: 'Attempts to intimidate and harass are ... (The Bharat Express News)

Entry into Zimbabwe via the Zambezi River. The Helen Suzman Foundation has taken legal action against the Cabinet's decision to end Zimbabwe's exemption.

We want to know your point of view on the news. Even if the 178,000 ZEP holders all have jobs that could be transferred to South Africans (a totally inaccurate figure.. And I don’t mean if you were born in Canada. The ZEP, which ended on December 31, 2021, will not be extended. This is what our constitutional order demands.” So many menacing response ahead@HelenSuzmanFdnand my way in response to the announcement of the challenge to the decision ending the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP). It clearly shows how scary it must be to be a migrant in South Africa right now.

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New hope for ZEP permit holders - NewsDay Zimbabwe (NewsDay)

According to media reports, the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) wants the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) extended beyond December 31, 2022.

It is what our constitutional order demands.” “They will be put to a desperate choice: to remain in South Africa as undocumented migrants with all the vulnerability that attaches to such status or return to a Zimbabwe that, to all intents and purposes, is unchanged from the country they fled. “It is not the position of HSF that those migrants who are in South Africa unlawfully should not be entitled to remain, nor even that the ZEP must continue in perpetuity,” the foundation said.

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